Solomon Islands Language Stats

Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
Major language(s): Country major languages.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
English status	National language. Bible 1382-1989.	1989
Languages	Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages	2008
Languages > A note	120 indigenous languages	2003
Linguistic diversity index	0.965	2009	3rd out of 200
Major language(s)	English (official), Melanesian dialects	2013

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